Re: Merging the xwidget branch

[joakim]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: address@hidden
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:33:26 +0100
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > What's the status on this?  Is anything preventing the merge?
>> 
>> Status:
>> 
>> - I think it can be applied to master, but there are some known cosmetic
>>   issues that can be presumably fixed afterwards
>
> Right, this shouldn't hold us.

Okay.

>
>> - Nobody likes the xwidget name, so there was a discussion regarding
>>   renaming the feature. It feels better changing the name before
>>   applying the patch to master(or wherever it's supposed to
>>   go). However, no consensus has been reached on a name yet.
>
> Let's leave this for later, I see no problem in mechanistic renaming.

Thats a relief if you say so.

>
>> - I would like some hand-holding during commiting of the patch, better
>>   yet if some trusted party could do it for me with hand holding from me
>>   instead
>
> What exactly are the problems you envision?

Well, none, except I didn't succeed very well last time.


>> - Some unforseen events have made me have less time than usual at the
>>   moment. 
>
> Will you be able to look into any problems that might come up after
> the merge?

Yes, I will have more time after the 17th.

Anyway, I'm not envisioning a merge as such, since the history isn't needed.

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Joakim Verona